Football Preview: King's Academy Lions vs. Cross Stingrays
King's Academy is 3-0 against Cross since October of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The King's Academy Lions will welcome the Cross Stingrays at 7:30 p.m. King's Academy is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
King's Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Cathedral Academy, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (King's Academy was ranked 13th). King's Academy lost to Cathedral Academy on the road by a 62-43 margin two weeks ago. The Lions were down 50-28 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 62 points the game before, Cross was a bit more limited in their match on Wednesday. They were dealt a 70-12 loss at the hands of Jefferson Davis Academy.
King's Academy now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Cross, their defeat was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything came up roses for King's Academy against Cross when the teams last played back in August, as the team secured a 58-6 victory. Does King's Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cross turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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